Background
Manaktala, Hersh K. was born on April 2, 1947 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Came to the United States, 1968.
Manaktala, Hersh K. was born on April 2, 1947 in Amritsar, Punjab, India. Came to the United States, 1968.
Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Punjab University, Chandigarh, Punjab, India, 1967. Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Duke University, 1970. Doctor of Philosophy in Materials Science, Engineering, North Carolina State University, 1974.
Metallurgical engineer, General Electric, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1974-1978;
research associate, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 1978-1979;
associate scientist, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York, 1979-1981;
visiting scientist, Joint Research Center of the Commission European Communities, Ispra, Italy, 1981-1982;
guest scientist, Kernforschungszentrum Karlsruhe (Federal Republic Germany) GmbH, 1982-1983;
senior engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, 1983-1987;
senior engineer, Westinghouse Electric Corporation, Columbia, South Carolina., 1987-1988;
senior research engineer, S.W. Research Institute, San Antonio, since 1988. Peer reviewer technical papers presented at International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference Series, corrosion conference series National Association Corrosion Engineers, technical conferences American Society for Testing and Materials. Chairman sessions on vitrified wasteformcharacteristics, and spent fuel characteristics 2d International High-Level Radioactive Waste Management Conference, Las Vegas, 1991.
Vice-chairman corrosion of materials in nuclear systems session Corrosion '91 Conference, National.Assn. Corrosion Engineers, Cincinnati, 1991.
Member American Society Metals International (executive board Alamo chapter-San Antonio 1989-1991, program chairman Westinghouse Plant Carolinas central chapter-Raleigh/Durham 1991-1993), American Nuclear Society, National Association Corrosion Engineers, American Ceramic Society, American Society for Testing and Materials (C-26 committee, C-26.07 committee, C-26.13 committee), The Minerals, Metals Petroleum Engineers, National Institute Ceramic Engineers, Phi Kappa Phi, Alpha Sigma Mu, Sigma Xi.
Married Preeta Jairath, August 23, 1981. Children: Rohit, Rohini.